You only have a few days to lodge an objection to your property’s valuation as stated in the General Valuation Roll 2012 (GV2012).
The objection period for the GV2012 began on 21 February and will end on 30 April 2013. Late submissions will not be permitted, so submit your objection before the deadline.
The GV2012 is available for inspection at 17 public inspection venues across the city and officials are on hand to assist people who wish to either inspect the roll or submit an objection.
The City of Cape Town produced the GV2012 in terms of the Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act (no 6 of 2004) legislation, as part of its commitment to building a Well-run City. The legislation allows for any person to lodge an objection against the valuation of a property on the valuation roll if they believe the valuation is incorrect.
Objections must be submitted on the prescribed objection form and be completed in full to be considered valid. Visit www.capetown.gov.za/propertyvaluations to download the form. Locate the specific property you wish to lodge an objection against, using the erf number or the property reference number that begins with three letters – CCT, SPM, TYG, HEL, OOS, BLW. Then, click on the hyperlink “property reference”; you will then need to click on the “objection form” tab.
The valuation system prepopulates the form with the owner and property details, which ensures that the person lodges the objection against the intended property. Generic objection forms are not available. If you are unable to download the specific form, staff at the public inspection venues will also be on hand to download it.
GV2012 valuations resulted from sales that occurred around the date of valuation (1 July 2012), so it is best for an objector to motivate the objection well and use information about sales that occurred around that date. Information relating to property sales are available at the public inspection venues and on the City’s website, and objectors can use it to identify the properties sold and compare them to their own property and in this way motivate objections.
The valuation date for GV2012 is 1 July 2012, so the properties are valued at the market rate on that date. Property rates based on the GV2012 valuations will be billed as from 1 July 2013.
